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Chinese symbol for “proviso”

但书
dàn shū
Traditional: 但書
proviso; qualifying clause

The closest CC-CEDICT match for proviso is 但书 (dàn shū), defined as: proviso; qualifying clause.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

但 dàn
only; but, however, yet, still
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
书 shū
book, letter, document; writing
radical 5 ⼄ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 但书.

WordPinyinMeaning
但是dàn shìbut; however
不但bù dànnot only (... but also ...)
但愿 (但願)dàn yuànif only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
非但fēi dànnot only
但凡dàn fánevery single; as long as
书记 (書記)shū jisecretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe
秘书 (秘書)mì shūsecretary
图书馆 (圖書館)tú shū guǎnlibrary; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “proviso”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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